Improvement in riding-saddles



W. B. cRosBY. RIDING-SADDLE. .'No. 1174,24-92.- Patented mmh-7, 1876.

N.PETERS, PHOT0 LITHOGRAPHER. WASHINGTON. U CA v 1.1'. ESS n d. MW

UNITED STATES PATrnvT OFFICE.

WARREN B. CROSBY, OF CHATTANOOGA, TENNESSEE.

IMPROVEMENT IN RlDlNG-SADDLES.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 147,492, dated March 71876; application led November'l, 1875,.

To all whom it may concern:

VBe it known that I, WARREN B. CROSBY, of Chattanooga, in the county ofHamilton and in the State of Tennessee. have invented certain new anduseful Improvements in Stirrups; and do hereby declare that thefollowing` is a full, clear, and exact description thereof, referencebeing had to` the aecompa' nying drawings, land t0 the letters ofreference marked thereon, making a part ot' this specification.

My invention relates to wooden stirrups; and it consists in theconstruction of the clamp or clasp at the upper end ot' the stirrup withthe spring-connection for connecting the same to the stirrup-strap; andit also consistsvin one cr more corrugated metal plates inserted in andfastened to the wood for the foot to rest on, as will be hereinaftermore lfully set forth. v

In order to enable others skilled in the art to which myv inventionappertains to make and use the same, l will now proceed to describe itsconstruction and operation., refer- 'ring to the annexed drawing, inwhich- Figure l is alongitudinal section of a wooden stirrup embodyingmy invention. Fig. 2 is a cross-section of the same. f

A represents an ordinary wooden stirrup constructed in any ot the knownand usual ways. Across the upper end of the stirrup l A is a metalplate, B, provided with lips or iian ges C C at its en'ds, which extenda suitable distance downward along the sides of the stirrup, and areriveted thereto. In the center of the plate B is formed a nipple, a, toform a wide bearing, and prevent any side movement for the rod orspindle D passing through the salne. On the upper end of this spindle isformed a loop, E, for the attachment of the stirrup-strap. On the rod orspindle D, below the plate B, is placed-a series of rubber balls orsprings, G Gr, and a washer, b, is riveted on the end of the rod to holdthem thereon. These rubber balls or springsare graduated, as shown-thatis,they are made of di'ere-nt size, weight, and thickness, the largestand heaviest being immediately below the plate B, then the next largest,and so on, the smallest and lightest being at the lower end of the rod.s

By these means the light spring will operate iirst, and then graduallythe heavier springs come into play, so that the stirrup will answer bothfor light and heavy riders, and the springs adjust themselves to either.

In the lower part ot' the stirrup A, along each edge, is a plate, H,corrugated on its upper surface, so as' tc prevent the foot fromslipping. These plates are let into the wood and fastened by rivets orother suitable means.

I am aware that the use ot' a spring in connection with a stirrup is,broadly, not new.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim as new, anddesire to secure by Letters Patent, is

The combination, with a wooden stirrup, A, 'of the clamp or clasp B C,with nipple a. formed thereon, the rod D with loop E, and the rubberballs cr springs G Gr, of different sizes and thicknesses, allconstructed substantially as and for the purposes herein set forth.

In testimony that I claim the foregoingpI have hereunto set my hand this4th day of October, 1875.

1WARREN B. CROSBY.

Witnesses:

En. MULLERY, JOHN F. GALLAHER.

